Bible Verses about “dancing”
The Bible contains 21 verses about dancing across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.”
“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”
“¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.”
“Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.”
“Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.”
“Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.”
“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.”
“‹Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.›”
“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.”
“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”
“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”
“And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.”
“And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.”
“And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.”
“And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.”
“And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.”
“They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.”
“And the servants of Achish said unto him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?”
“The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.”
“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”